Chapter 140

“Jason, what’s up with you?” Evadne looked puzzled and surprised.

She always thought highly of Jason, but there he was looking all beat up and lost, eyes bloodshot, lips pale as a sheet, like a puppy left homeless in a downpour.

“Jason, are you here because of Elspeth?”

Ca**ius came up to Evadne, his steps steady, his eyes soft, as he wiped his handsome hands with a pristine white silk cloth.

Evadne glanced at him and saw specks of blood on the cloth.

“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry!” Jason kept apologizing, bowing deeply to them.

Just as Evadne was puzzled, Arnold gave her a buzz.

“Arnold?”

“Sis, Elspeth just left my place.”

Arnold’s voice was heavy with resignation, seemingly self–blaming as he said, “My team and I have been gathering evidence on Elspeth’s abuse of power and bribery, but she’s way ahead of us, shifting all blame to Earl. Frederic got her a really slick lawyer, Cedric Dempsey. That guy is ruthless; he knows exactly how to exploit legal loopholes. My evidence fell short, so I had to let Elspeth go.”

“It’s alright, Arnold, you’ve done your best. And we hit our target, as long as we’ve got the Westguard project under our belt. Everything else, we can take it slow.”

Evadne was calm, but those around her were all fuming as they were itching to give Elspeth a good thrashing.

Elspeth was no saint, but Evadne knew that they could take their time dealing with that woman.

J

At that point, Frederic was still head over heels for Elspeth, he would surely go all out to help her. Escalating the conflict between two big conglomerates for a single project, wasting resources, just wasn’t worth it at that time.

“Uh, Evadne, Jason already rang me up, he seemed quite upset. Comfort him a bit, this has nothing to do with him. He cares too much about your feelings, afraid that you’re upset, so he’s under a lot of stress,” Arnold sighed.

“I got it.”

hanging up, Evadne got the full picture of what had happened, her gaze at Jason was

were red as he was ashamed and couldn’t accept that his family had done such

had found out today that his brother took on Elspeth’s case, he was so mad that he stormed into Cedric’s law firm and had a

people while in office! The moment he retired, those people were circling us like hawks, wanted to get back at us, frame us! If it wasn’t for Chairman Emeric’s help, hiring our dad as a legal advisor for the conglomerate, protecting us, how could our parents have had a peaceful retirement? How could your law firm have thrived like this? Now Ms. Evadne is going after Elspeth, how can you defend the Abernathy group, make excuses

his brother for over twenty years,

our dad has won so many cases for Chairman Emeric over the years, any debt of gratitude has been paid off! I’m a professional lawyer, to me, everyone is a client. If it’s a case I can handle, and the terms are right, I’ll take it, whether it’s the Abernathy group or the Ashbourne group, it simply doesn’t matter

stung Jason

given Evadne his whole heart, but his family was pulling

couldn’t face

are

yourself, and don’t pick a fight with your family over this. Elspeth is an insignificant baddie; how

Evadne,” Jason’s voice choked,

case, I totally understand this, and

shouldn’t be swayed by social niceties. If the Abernathy group has offered Mr. Cedric a good enough deal, then Mr. Cedric has the right to stick to his professional ethics and take on the Abernathy group’s case. If the Ashbourne group needs legal help down the line, I believe Mr. Cedric would lend a hand, wouldn’t

his head, nodding

car, Ca**ius took Evadne’s hand, gently

Acacia and George’s illegitimate daughter. But first, I

sparkled with intelligence, narrowing slightly, “George said that only Acacia’s mother Una knows where the child is, so let’s have Una help us find our way.

slightly, then asked, “And what about Acacia?

mad before

inquired, “Isn’t she about to get engaged to Thaddeus?

marbles,” Ca**ius was deeply shocked

matter, I’ve found myself again, and

photo of Avery and then she had snapped. “Here, check out this guy, do

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“Really? Then you should thank

he kept his identity a mystery.

curiosity piqued as she recalled the man’s smooth,

was a woman, she had a man’s desire for control and

to her, examining the photo

lit up, and he turned to look at Evadne in

really

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